Successful direct amplification of nuclear markers from a single hair follicle

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-243

  Ottens, Renée ^a   Taylor, Duncan ^b   Abarno, Damien ^b   Linacre, Adrian ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; Hair; Identification; PCR; Profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876428942     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9402-6     Document Type: Article

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